Global Insider: Meager Presence in Belarus Leaves EU Little Leverage

The EditorsMonday, Oct. 29, 2012

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko threatened last week to allow illegal migrants into the European Union in retaliation for new sanctions the bloc has placed on his country. In an email interview, Jana Kobzova, a policy fellow and coordinator of the Wider Europe Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations, discussed EU policy toward Belarus.

WPR: What is the current state of political and economic relations between the EU and Belarus? ...